Where to go in May: Europe
78 destinations in Europe genuinely in season, warmest first: typical daytime highs, budget level and the full travel window for each. Tap one for details, or let the quiz pick for your whole group.
The band on each card is its year, January to December: blue where it's cool, red where it's hot, with May marked.
- Andalusia Spain
- Seville Spain
- The Loire Valley France
- Cyprus Cyprus
- Granada Spain
- Athens & the Acropolis Greece
- Rhodes Greece
- Valencia Spain
- Yerevan & the Armenian highlands Armenia
- Crete Greece
- Lisbon & Sintra Portugal
- Mallorca Spain
- Tbilisi & the Caucasus Georgia
- The Algarve Portugal
- Baku Azerbaijan
- Bologna Italy
- Cappadocia Turkey
- Meteora Greece
- Santorini Greece
- Sicily Italy
- Tenerife Spain
- Bucharest & the Carpathians Romania
- Corfu Greece
- Florence & the Tuscan hills Italy
- Malta Malta
- Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia
- Provence France
- The Amalfi Coast Italy
- Bordeaux France
- Dubrovnik Croatia
- Istanbul Turkey
- Lake Como Italy
- Lyon France
- Madeira Portugal
- Milan Italy
- Porto & the Douro Valley Portugal
- Rome & the Bay of Naples Italy
- The Bay of Kotor Montenegro
- The French Riviera France
- Turin & Piedmont Italy
- Barcelona & the Costa Brava Spain
- Budapest Hungary
- Cinque Terre & the Italian Riviera Italy
- Istria Croatia
- Menorca Spain
- Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
- The Rhine Valley Germany
- Venice Italy
- Alsace France
- Bratislava Slovakia
- Vienna Austria
- Berlin Germany
- Bruges & Brussels Belgium
- Geneva & Lake Geneva Switzerland
- Kraków & the Tatras Poland
- Ljubljana Slovenia
- Paris France
- Prague & Bohemia Czech Republic
- Warsaw Poland
- Hamburg Germany
- London England
- Salzburg Austria
- Amsterdam & the Dutch coast Netherlands
- The Cotswolds England
- The Wild Atlantic Way Ireland
- Vilnius Lithuania
- Bath England
- Cornwall England
- Dublin & the east coast Ireland
- Edinburgh Scotland
- Riga Latvia
- Snowdonia Wales
- The Lake District England
- Belfast & the Causeway Coast Northern Ireland
- Tallinn Estonia
- York England
- The Scottish Highlands Scotland
Nothing in May matches all of those.
Which one would your whole group pick?
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Where should I go in Europe in May?
In Europe, 78 destinations are genuinely in season in May. The warmest are Andalusia (30°C/85°F), Seville (30°C/85°F), The Loire Valley (29°C/83°F), Cyprus (27°C/81°F), Granada (27°C/81°F).
Where is it warmest in Europe in May?
Of the Europe destinations in season in May, Andalusia is the warmest, with typical daytime highs around 30°C (85°F).